MUSC 2110 Aural Skills III

Melodic, harmonic and rhythmic dictation, sight singing and keyboard harmony. Designed to be taken in conjunction with MUSC 2100.

Credits

1

Prerequisite

MUSC 1120 and MUSC 1130

Corequisite

MUSC 2100

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: spring day

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. Hear, recognize, identify, and sing scale degrees, scales, melodic and harmonic intervals, two intervals in succession, and rhythms.
2. Sight sing melodies using scale degrees and/or solfège syllables.
3. Hear, recognize, and identify chords including diatonic seventh chords (function, position, and quality), cadences, phrase structure, simple forms, harmonic rhythm, and nonharmonic tones.
4. Notate diatonic melodies, two-voice melodies, modulating melodies, rhythms, and modulating chorale phrases (bass and soprano lines; alto or tenor line; nonharmonic tones and chordal analysis) upon dictation.
5. Identify discrepancies between written and audible melodies, rhythms, and in two-voice compositions (error detection).
6. Transcribe sections of performed music, in specific notes and/or chordal analysis.
7. Think critically as it relates to score study and aural analysis of melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, and structural aspects of music.